The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-04
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Upon reassembling president E. L..
Smith announced as committee on
memorial and resolutions: T. X. Ar
mold, G. w. Fulton, Hollon Parker,
L. A. Mcdonald, w. L. Gray.
Secretary w. l.. Brewster read let.
ters from congressman Hermann,
Gov. Stevenson of Idaho, VIM. Lair
Hill, Major w. A. Jones, U. s. en-
gineer corps, w. Il. Habersham, Sen
ator j. n. Dolph, Gov. Pennoyer, G.
S. Voorhees,, Fred T. Dubois, Gov.
Semple, Senator j. III. Mitchell, Z. l..
Candy, l.. A. Loomis. The commun-
ications were read and filed.
Hon. M. @. George stated that Sen
ator Dolph was detained by reason of
the serious illness of his son Chester.
The offer of free transportation on
the part of the Ilwaco Steam Naviga-
CATION, Co. was accepted anda vote of
thanks rendered the company for
their courtesy.
Under the head of miscellaneous
business, Judge KILN read a resolu-
tion, which was adopted, calling for
the appointing of committee of five
to ascertain the cost of building q
broad guage railroad around The
Dalles.
Following is the resolution, intro
duced by B.Killin. which was adopted:
ReSolced, That there be appointed
a special committee of five, whose
duty it shall be to report to the next
meeting of this convention the cost Of
building a standard gauge railroad
around the Dalles of the Columbia,
on the Oregon side, and the cost of
operating and maintaining said road
when built, and that such committee
report at the same time form for q
bill to be presented to the legislature
of the state of Oregon at its next ses-
sion, providing for the construction
and operation of such railway by the
state of Oregon free of charge to all;
and that such committee publish such
report and the bill accompanying it
In the newspapers of the state of Or
egon and Washington territory three
months before the next meeting of
this convention.
Gov. Semple offered for discussion
a question regarding the advisablity
of taking measures to secure for IT.
rigating purposes the surplus waters
of the Columbia and its tributaries.
Col. J. K. Kelly offered a resolu-
ton for consideration, that the com
mittee on memorial and resolutions
take into consideration the merits of
the invention of VIM. A. Grondabl,
intended TO convey by portage sys-
tenn, freight around the distractions
in the upper Columbia; the resolution
was adopted.
The resolution offered by Judge
KILN was reconsidered as to the
question of referring his resolution
to the committee on memorial and
resolutions. A debate was partaken
in by Capt. J. ii. ID. Gray, G.
w. Fulton, Judge KILN, Hollon
Parker, Judge Taylor, ]. ID.
Geoghegan, f. A. Mcdonald,
Jas. Young, Col. J. X. Kelly, Capt.
w. L. Gray, who moved as an amend
ment that the committee to whom ii
was referred should take similar
projects into consideration, T. K. Ar
AOAO, W. w. Il al hCl 1uQ OtuClb.
The adoption of w. 7. Gray's
amendment was lost. The original
motion was then voted on: the vote
standing, ayes IL, noes "a.
The motion was declared lost. The
resolution was then adopted as read.
A spirited debate then arose as to
the question of reconsidering the &C
ceptance of the report of the commit
tee on progress and necessities, SUBJ
mitted at the morning session. Init
nation being made that there was a
partisan turn to it, the matter was
thoroughly discussed by Messrs.
Mcdonald and Fulton, and treated in
an elaborate speech by Hon. M. @.
George, who clearly and eloquently
showed that the report was one that
could meet none but captious opposi.
tion in or out of the convention
Ex-senator Slater made a few re.
marks in regard to the facts stated in
the report. He thought that the
commercial importance of this section
should be made the basis OF demand